Race/ethnicity, life-course socioeconomic position, and body weight trajectories over 34 years: the Alameda County Study.

OBJECTIVES: We investigated whether race differences in weight gain over 34 years were because of socioeconomic position (SEP) and psychosocial and behavioral factors (physical activity, cigarette smoking, alcohol consumption, depression, marital status, number of children). We used a life-course ap...

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Published in:American Journal of Public Health Vol. 95; no. 9; pp. 1595 - 1602
Main Authors: Baltrus PT, Lynch JW, Everson-Rose S, Raghunathan TE, Kaplan GA
Format: equations & formulas research tables/charts Journal Article
Published: American Public Health Association Sep2005
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